Mirror-attaching device.



L. B. ESTES MIRROR ATTACHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED N0\l.23,1916.

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Application filed November 23, 1916. -Serial No. 133,021.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LOANDO B, E sTEs, acitizen of the United States, res1d1ng at North Adams, in the county ofBerkshire and State of- Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements 1n Mirror-Adjusting Devices; and I do declare thefollowing to be ;a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to wh1ch 1t appertainstomake and use thesame.-

This invention relates to lmprovements 1n. attachments for dressers,bureaus, chiffonniers and other articles of furniture having mirrorsmounted thereon. I

One of the objects of the inventlon 1s to provide a very simplyconstructed device for holding a mirror at any angle desired.

An additional object is to provide a means for readily actuating themirror adjusting device.

With these general ob]ects 1n view the 111- vention resides in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partswhich will be here1n more partlcularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawmg:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a bureau equipped with mirrorad ust1 ng means constructed in accordance with my 1nvention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lnvention applied to the mirror;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the plane of the line 4% of Fig. 2;and,

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 2. 1

It will be seen from the accompanying drawing that the invention may bereadily applied to practically any article of furniture having a mirrorthereon mounted to swing between horizontal pivots. The attachment isapplied to a bureau B having the usual upright supports or standards Sbetween which the mirror M is pivoted. The pivot pins 1 which extendthrough the upper ends of the standards S are preferably in a horizontalplane and are disposed in sockets substantially in the center of thesides of the mirror.

In equipping the bureau with my invention it is first necessary to forman opening 2 transversely through the body of the piece of furniturefrom front to rear thereof and Specification of Letters Patent.

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adjacent one corner, in this instance it being formed.through the upperright hand corner adjacent theside-edge. .In this open:

ingijs, disposeda shaft 3, thejends thereof projecting beyond the frontand rear of the bureau, the front end being provided with an operatingknoborhandle 4 whilethe rear endhas a crank between the knob 4L and thefront of the 'bureau for a; purpose which will later be moreparticularly described.

I in the forrn'fof a plate. 5,, fixed thereto. A wear plate 6 isdisposed,

form of'a right angular plate, one arm of which is attached to the saidframe and the other has an opening therethrough. This ear 7 is securedto the mirror frame adjacent one of the pivots on the side nearest theopening 2.

A link 8 connects the crank 5 with the ear 7, said link having an eye 9for engagement with the ear 7 while its lower end is bent laterallyoutward as shown at 10. The lower end portion of the link is curved soas to dispose the extreme lower end in engagement with the back of thebureau'and is held in this position by being disposed between said backand the plate forming the crank 5. This crank has an opening 11 adbereliably held in engagement with the former at all times,yet it may bequickly disengaged when it is desired to remove the mirror, as forinstance when the bureau is to be transported from one house to another.

Furthermore the disposition of the end of the link in engagement withthe back of the bureau permits themirror tobe held at any desired anglewithout danger of its moving back to the vertical position, in otherwords,

there is ordinarily sufficient frictional engagement between the linkand the bureau to hold the crank until manually moved by operation ofthe knob 4. In case, however, the friction between these parts isinsuflicient a wear plate 6 having a roughened or serrated outer facemay be disposed behind handle or knob 4 and secured to the bureau.

The movement of the crank 5 is preferably limited in both directions bypins or studs 12 which projects from the back of the mirror. The upperpin limits the upward movement of the crank and prevents the lower endof the mirror swinging rearwardly beyond a predetermined point, and thelower pin limits the outward movement of the bottom of the mirror.

From. the foregoing description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing it is obvious that I have invented an extremelysimple device whereby a pivoted mirror on any article of furniture maybe adjusted to various angles and held in these positions.

I claim:

The combination with an article of furniture having an opening adjacentone side edge and extending therethrough from front to rear, of a mirrormounted on said article to swing between horizontal pivots, a shaftdisposed in said opening and projecting'beyond the ends thereof, a crankon the rear end of said shaft, one end of the crank having an aperture,an ear projecting from the rear of the mirror adj acent one of itspivots, and a link loosely attached at one end of said ear, its otherend being bent laterally and disposed in the aperture'in said crank.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOANDO B. ESTES. Witnesses ROBERT- L BoLAND, JAMES OHALLoRAN.

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